'I don't want this job to kill me': why have 68 New York transit workers died during the pandemic?

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'I don't want this job to kill me': why have 68 New York transit workers died during the pandemic?
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Although riders have disappeared due to coronavirus, 68 transit workers have died – and many are upset the MTA did not move faster to protect them

New York’s transit system is in crisis. Riders have disappeared as the coronavirus pandemic has locked down the city, funds are drying up. And for the 50,000-plus people employed by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority , just turning up for work has become a matter of life or death.

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